A cloud of swirling darkness rises on the battlefield, utterly freezing any creature that lingers too long within it.

Daily   ✦     Arcane, Cold, Implement, Necrotic, Shadow, Zone
Standard Action      Area burst 2 within 20 squares

Target: Each creature in the burst

Attack: Charisma vs. Will

Hit: 8d6 + Charisma modifier cold and necrotic damage.

Miss: Half damage.

Effect: The burst creates a zone that lasts until the end of your next turn. The zone is heavily obscured and blocks line of sight, and creatures inside the zone cannot attack creatures outside the zone. A creature that enters the zone or ends its turn there takes 15 cold and necrotic damage. A creature can take this damage only once per turn.

  Move Action: You move the zone up to 3 squares.

Sustain Minor: The zone persists until the end of your next turn.

Update (2/17/2012)
Changed in December 2011 updates.

Published in Heroes of Shadow, page(s) 75.